CAMBRIDGE, Mass. The Harvard men's basketball
team attended a lecture by United States Secretary of Education
Arne Duncan '87 at Memorial Church Friday evening. The
Crimson was present for the lecture on the first allowable day of
practice, foregoing a first practice session of the season to
attend the event, which ran from 6-9 p.m.

The team held its first practice the following Saturday
morning.

Duncan was on campus to be honored as the recipient of the 2010
Robert Coles "Call of Service" Award by the Phillips Brooks House
Association. Prior to the event, the Harvard men's basketball team
and head coach Tommy Amaker met Duncan, who served as a co-captain
of the Crimson during the 1986-87 season.

Duncan was Harvard's leading scorer as a senior, averaging 16.9
points per game, and garnered All-Ivy League honorable
mention. He earned Academic All-America first-team
honors and went on to play basketball professionally in
Australia's National Basketball League.

Deval Patrick '78, the Governor of Massachusetts, was also in
attendance at the lecture and introduced Duncan to the
audience. During his speech, Duncan spoke on topics such as
education reform, the importance of public service and racial
inequalities in education.